November 2014 | The Walrus

Illustration by Byron Eggenschwiler

Feature / November 2014

Best Shot

November 27, 2014August 5, 2016 - by Jasmine Budak

Protecting ourselves from the anti-vaccine movement

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November 2014 / Sports

Girls on Ice

November 4, 2014July 4, 2016 - by Anna Maxymiw

In praise of ringette

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Photograph by Robert Knudsen

Feature / November 2014

Down and Out in Camelot

November 3, 2014August 5, 2016 - by Andrew Cohen

Fifteen months after JFK’s inauguration, Ambassador Charles Ritchie arrived in Washington. As his diaries reveal, his timing could not have been worse

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Illustration by Ethan Rilly

Comics / November 2014

Solidarity Forever

October 30, 2014July 4, 2016 - by Jeet Heer

This appeared in the November 2014 issue.

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Photograph by Bryan Scott

Arts & Culture / November 2014

Faulty Tower

October 29, 2014July 27, 2016 - by Adele Weder

The Canadian Museum for Human Rights as tourist trap, failed memorial, and white elephant

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November 2014 / Society

The Hunt Revisited

October 28, 2014April 6, 2017 - by Lisa Gregoire

Greenpeace makes nice with Inuit communities

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Illustration by Nolan Pelletier

November 2014 / Poetry

Grizzly Hunter, Dawson City

October 23, 2014June 8, 2016 - by Carmine Starnino

A species apart, snaggle-toothed, speech full of spitty hisses. Horse-faced with a hangover, half out his mind. Gnarl-knuckled, forearms bark-thick with scabs. Laugh, a barking dog frenzied on a chain. …

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Illustration by Alëna Skarina

Memoir / November 2014

Giving Up the Ghost

October 22, 2014June 8, 2016 - by Lynn Cunningham

When it comes to quitting smoking, you’re on your own

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McKesson Presents The Walrus Talks The Future of Consumerism (Toronto) @ Artscape Daniels Launchpad

Sep 18 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

	Presents The Walrus Talks The Future of Consumerism
	Exploring trends and innovations in health care, technology, and more
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Featuring:
Onur Bodur, professor of marketing, Concordia University
Zayna Khayat, futurist, SE Health
Rebecca McKillican, CEO, Well.ca
Craig Patterson, editor-in-chief, Retail Insider

And more!

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CIFAR Presents The Walrus Talks Boundaries (National Capital Region, Gatineau) @ Canadian Museum of History

Sep 23 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

	Presents The Walrus Talks Boundaries
	How divisions shape our lives, what lies between borders, and what membership means now
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Keith Banting, Stauffer Dunning Fellow and Professor Emeritus, Queen’s University

Samra Habib, writer, photographer, and activist

Adrian Owen, Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience and Imaging, University of Western Ontario, and Koerner Fellow and Co-Director, Azrieli Program in Brain, Mind & Consciousness, CIFAR

Paige Raibmon, Professor, Department of History, University of British Columbia

Prerna Singh, Associate Professor of Political Science and International Studies, Brown University

Mary Soderstrom, writer

And more!

CIFAR is a Canadian-based, global charitable organization that convenes extraordinary minds to address science and humanity’s most important questions.

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	Présente The Walrus Talks — frontières
	Comment les divisions définissent-elles notre vie? Qu’est-ce qui se trouve entre les limites? Que signifie maintenant l’appartenance à un groupe?
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Les conférenciers seront annoncés prochainement!

Le CIFAR est une organisation sans but lucratif basée au Canada qui rassemble de brillants cerveaux pour trouver réponse aux plus grandes questions de la science et de l’humanité.

Pour en savoir davantage sur la série The Walrus Talks, consultez notre Foire aux questions ici ou envoyez un courriel à events@thewalrus.ca.

Suncor Presents The Walrus Talks Energy (Montreal) @ Centre Phi

Sep 25 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

	Presents The Walrus Talks Energy
	Building a Canadian approach to energy transition
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Featuring:
Shawn McCarthy, journalist
Eryn Stewart, project director, Lumos Energy
Brendan Haley, policy director, Efficiency Canada
Aisha Bukhari, senior manager, Advanced Energy Centre, MaRS Discovery District
Johanne Gélinas, president and CEO, Transition Énergétique Québec
Christopher Ragan, academic, economist, and chair of Canada’s Ecofiscal Commission
Alison Cretney, managing director, Energy Futures Lab

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French simultaneous translation services will be provided.
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TD Bank Group Presents The Walrus Talks Inclusion (Waterloo) @ Waterloo Delta Hotel

Oct 23 @ 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm

	Presents The Walrus Talks Inclusion
	How design, technology, education and more can remove barriers for people with disabilities
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